Berto

HOLY CRAP. I've been out with the in-laws visiting. Good thing I DVR'd it all!!!!!!

Bunk beds are gone. Sucks. Though when we have guests and they have to sleep on air mattresses I make sure to make a point that we USED to have bunk beds. Going to have to come visit more. Though I hear she is recently single. I need to talk to the neighbor, looking on google maps he does MX racing and has a circuit in his backyard. I want to ask him how folks are about riding back here. My property is EXTREMELY dense. I would probably have to go through and clear something manually before taking the RZR through. I know its dumb but i'd be worried of tearing a rubber CV boot with the amount of thorny bushes i'd have to roll over. We haven't even walked the property yet. Hoping to do that soon. We do have ~1.5 sq miles of wilderness behind us before getting to the next house. The land is owned by people but nothing built on it. The 80 acres behind me I hear is a rich guy from indy that just likes to hunt, so thats his hunting property. This was our first time out in the country for the hunting season. I heard another neighbor noob tubing deer. Sounded like 8 shotgun shell blasts back to back. haha. Also Camp Atterbury is about a half mile away. Its not uncommon to be outside and hear various guns going off (its not that loud really, doesn't wake up my wife which is a light sleeper). See some interesting aircraft flying around. I swore I saw a few AC-10's this fall flying around. Thanks dude! this house doesn't NEED much in terms of upgrades. The floors that aren't carpet are already all tile, which is one less thing for us to do. The carpet in the main areas is showing its age ad we're big proponents for wood/laminate flooring. So in a year or two I think that will be the big push. The deck needs restained/painted, hell living out here there are so many critters trying to get in or eat your home its going to be a lot of work keeping them at bay. The deck had about 20 holes from carpenter bees so I spend a few days getting rid of those guys and sealing everything up properly. We may end up adding stairs from the deck to get down to ground level directly, but we'll see. The roof was repaired like crap from a storm when we got it, so we put a new roof on it within a week of moving in. We threw a fire ring in on the ground for a temporary firepit so we could enjoy the fall, but in the spring we're hoping to build a round patio and firepit with pavers. We do so many bonfires that the grass around the ring is gone and all thats left is a muddy mess. Thanks dude! We got plenty of room to grow. Very exciting for sure. Happy New years to you all also... I will say the thing that sucks out here is the interwebs. Can't get DSL or cable. Had to go with satelite, which is datacapped. Its been a huge adjustment not to just leave my browser open and walk away. The speeds are actually pretty decent. Word is in 2016 a new satellite is going up which they may offer an unlimited package, which I would like for online gaming.

We've already had a ton of work to do on the property. The guy before us wasn't very handy so at least we have a clean slate to work with. The tile floors were incredibly dirty, the inspector told us it was dried grout on everything. There was some of that, but for the most part it was just dirt and grime. We scrubbed every single tile in the house by hand (the second half we had a stiff brush on a hand drill to help us. Plenty of grounds work to do. had 2 trees come down on their own, pulled down 4 others after one fell on my trailer. Trying to do most of the brush work out here around trees and the pond before spring time. Avoiding the copperheads, timber rattlers, brown recluses, and poison ivy. Also all the window sills in the basement windows were curling up/rotten/peeling. I replaced them in October with some white vinyl pieces. Looks great. We have no decorations up. We have some framed pictures but since we got hitched we haven't had time to print what we wanted and figure out how we want to arrange it. Going to be a long process.

So we actually got the keys to this place back in September with Marc Stock doing our financing (another shout out). Been running absolutely bananas this year with our wedding and then this house, which we had been looking for 18 months and found our perfect place. We just love it. 5 Acres, 3600 sq ft.. 24x24 garage. 5 bedroom 3 full bath (and plenty of trees outside). Its a split level house which we weren't keen on at first but really like it now. The walkout basement was a huge plus. We are in an area of Indiana (Brown County) which very similar to Hocking Hills. Its hilly, wooded and beautiful. Its closer to work, the only traffic I run into on my commute is a flock of 12 turkeys on the twisty backroad into town. We have a septic system but are on municipal water. All utilities are electric (which is meh). Eventually we will probably use the pond for geothermal. Currently waiting on a survey so I can start clearing trees for a shop. Hoping for a 30x50 depending on finances. The builder that coordinated this lives 2 doors down and owns a cabinet business. So all the cabinetry you see is hand made solid oak. So are all the baseboards and doors. You'll see we have plenty of painting to do left from the previous owners. Didn't post pictures of all the bedrooms, because there are a lot of them (5) and they are pretty much all rectangular, and have a closet. Oh, hai commute. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/DSC_6711.jpg Outside http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/101614_1890_edited-1.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/DSC_6809.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2091.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2089.jpg tinkerbell themed guestroom (remnants from the previous owners). http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2093.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2094.jpg wife's sewing room/exercise room. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2109.jpg Basement/wetbar http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2106.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2105.jpg Master bath, not huge but we're not ones to put a lot of emphasis on the bathroom so we are happy with it. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2099.jpg Anytime its over 50 degrees, we eat outside. (we brought the chairs in for the winter). http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/123114_2100.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/New%20House/DSC_6871.jpg

Nice numbers!

Great video. No doubt both teams are fantastic. One clip shows a huge hit behind the line by a bama defender. However, I will NEVER forget Auburn running that short field goal attempt last season. Watching that hype video, can't help to think what C. Jones has going through his head. He had HUGE pressure for the B1G championship game....They went 59-0, NOW?! geez Everyone knows he and the team are capable of it. 2nd start. wow.

Agreed. I only saw one thing where someone was amped about seeing Marcus Mariotta in the NFL. Thats it. Its all been Bama/OSU coverage. On the other hand, I've never seen so many people think/know a 0 loss team sucks, such as FSU. Its pretty much expected Oregon will win that.

link to Urban's press conference? Link to Harbaugh's intro conference? I found a small clip of it on ESPN but not the whole thing.

Their website sucks, no wonder it took them that long to ship. What was the price on it? I would love to get into something like this but I'm holding off for the eventual shop/lift. Perfect for a renter such as yourself. I was trying to find some info I saw of another lift system on facebook. Someone posted you use normal jacks but it jacks the car way up.

This. Even though she's doing it, if she's doing it from shared accounts it could be a big headache for him if anything going on is illegal. I like the idea of an anonymous letter (printed, word document). This guy has to know, and if there is all this money missing it shouldn't be hard to prove.

Its a champion. I'll reach out to them, but pretty sure i'll get nothing out of it.

Thats f'in huge for Michigan. Pretty amped, even though its the team up north its a start for turning the B1G around.

Got a new Generator for the house to have as backup. Its a dual fuel generator (LP/Gasoline), very nice. Anyway I fabbed up a little spot to mount it on top of the gas tank and was hoping to get a 90 Deg elbow to take stress off the line. Looking at the connection at the generator LP inlet its strange. Its like your normal flared fitting, but instead of having a 37 Deg flat spot (like your normal JIC 3/4" fitting), this is rounded. What kind of fitting is that? Its not really a POL either. And if you're really good, where can I get a 90 Deg elbow for it?!?! Here is a pic of the fitting. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/BertoBizkit/Miscelaneous/20141228_003417_resized.jpg Compare to the norm. http://www.propanewarehouse.com/brassfittings-details.asp?fittingType=7

Nebraska didn't win, but they represented well.

I like to eat. We can probably work out a deal.

What's better than instant karma? Cameras and slow motion videos to save it for posterity.

Here is a link to a youtube vid on the VLED. Not impressed for the money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsRAhHvHEKU

Very nice, would be perfect for my truck. Big claims on that light output. But as we've found out its not just about light output its about how that light gets cast. and LED bulb in a reflector housing is just not going to work well. Been seeing a bunch of bulbs with little projectors on them, etc wonder how well those work. If that license plate thingie was $75 or under i'd order it today. $150 is hard to swallow when you can get a sirius 20" light bar for just over $200.

What does the Coach's wives poll say?

as much as i don't like the team up north. I'd love for Michigan to be good again. If anything to strengthen B1G

Nice place man! Love the table also. We were in the same boat. We wanted to move rural. We're about 12 mins from town/hardware store. Lucky we have municipal water, but still have the septic system. What is killing me is the satelite interwebs, its charged by data. I went from an 100 gigabit fiber connection to satellite 15GB per month. Its an adjust ment. We moved to a 5 acre wooded lot. I picked up an MS250 and its been put to work....no doubt. Love the saw. I like the idea you have with the patio but having been in the house towards the end of summer makes me realize anything like that is going to be a pain to maintain (the wood). you're going to have to stain it, protect it regularly. Worry about carpenter bees (my current deck had a few holes I had to repair). Then the amount of spiders making webs and nests between the trusses would suck. Its just a lot of maintenance, and that means time away from other things. The stone work is great. expensive up front but just forgetaboutit. I'll have to post up some pics of our new hacienda.

but we still need an 8 team playoff. I know there would still be complaining from number 9. But there are just so many good teams in college ball. its the only way to be sure you have one, DESERVING, champion. Look at the basketball tournament. Why is that so difficult to comprehend?!!? (for Fball organizers)

I expect the same level of live text/chat support from you if you go.

this thread just got real.

Its a boy dance party....